PEP and Sanctions Lists
August 18, 2026
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Tony Byng
PEP and Sanctions Lists. The PEP - or Politically Exposed Persons list relies on name-matching across multiple global sources, as there is no single, centralised list.It doesn't check against addresses or countries, otherwise, as soon as someone moves address they might not be found on the list. PEP searches may come up with false positives because if there is a Fred Smith on the PEP list and you are identity checking a Fred Smith then it will report the matches but you then need to use that ...
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